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Politics : A US National Health Care System? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Road Walker who wrote (14766)	3/19/2010 8:50:33 AM
From: skinowski	2 Recommendations Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 42652

Bull shit. Greater minds than yours Tim say way different. That's not a very constructive way of discussing things, RW. I've seen you do much better than this. Why do people post on a site like SI? I mean when it comes to general subjects, outside investing and markets. Personally, I never expect to change any particular individual's mind. I think there is value in being able to analyze issues and formulating one's thoughts. Bickering for the most part is a waste of time. Many threads on SI died or became worthless because they drifted off in that direction.

To: Road Walker who wrote (14766)	3/19/2010 7:02:01 PM
From: TimF	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 42652

As I said before I'm not a fan of the drug program. But saying this program will reduce the deficit doesn't or even that it will increase it less than Part D is what doesn't pass the smell test. And the direct effect on the deficit is hardly the only or even the primary issue. Passing a new tax or increasing an old one doesn't make the spending one penny cheaper. You're still increasing government spending by a large amount. Which is itself a major negative, and which also makes the government's fiscal balance situation worse since the taxes you raise to cover the cost of the new spending, can't be used to separately reduce the deficit. You can only tax so much out of the economy. This program reduces what's available to tax for deficit reduction.